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Rady Career Center Support: Library Resources: Company Background & News

Hoover's Company Reports

SWOT Analysis

Need an easy source for company SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)? These are mostly for public companies. I

Specially-focused News Sources

Nonprofit & higher education sources:


Regional business publications:

For more North American regional coverage, check Business Insights: Global and/or Regional Business News. Each one covers different regions.


Non-mainstream news sources (below) include some regional news publications. Searches here might be helpful for relocation background, company name searches and (occasionally) interviews with top executives..The databases focus on U.S. publications, but there is some international coverage.

Resources for Company News & Background

How do you locate company background information and financials quickly? Follow what's going on with individual companies?.

The first four links below are the most broadly-useful databases that cover all kinds of international and U.S. public and private companies. The rest of the items have more limited use, but function very well in the domains they address, so may be helpful when further information is sought.


If you are not finding anything/much, you might want to try these resources below:

Company Financials

General News Sources

Quick links here to commonly-requested news sources, not only for business.Grouped by international, U.S. and U.S/regional.


These packages aggregate a number of titles across wide geographic regions. If you are looking for a favorite hometown paper, or you don't know what paper you should be looking at, try these below:

Native-language News Sources

Our Library has a strength in Pacific Rim native-language news sources. Check these guides below for more details on your region of interest.